Horseshoe



Patented Sept. 18,1923. 7 p v a 1 Joniv's; con-non, on seen-as, oer-arr. r

p r nonsnsnon Application filed runes, 1922.-;Serial No. 565,720..-

TooZZ whomiz mag concern: V versely disposed heel callrsl textending F Be it known that I, JOHN S. CUnzorna from edge toedgeo'f the shoeandprovided citizen ofg. the Unitediistates, residi n at with fiat-lover ,faceathe heel CilllIS being Storrs, .in the county of Carbon and State relatively ,wide

it of Utah, have invented certain new and use Depending from the lower side of the sec- :tul Improvements in Horseshoes; of which tion 11 ot' the shoe is a transversely disthe following is a specification. p posed toe calk 1.5 extending clear across the This invention relates to an improved toe portion of the section; and formed in the horseshoe and seeks as oneof its principal upper face of the section opposite said calk,

1% objects, to provide ashoc wherein the wear is a transversely disposedchannel or recess surface of the shoe may be renewed without 16. At its ends, the section 11 is further the necessity for detaching the shoe from a provided with transversely disposed heel horses hoof. f r calks 17 and. as best shown in Fig. 2, is pref- The invention has as a further object to erably formed along its side portions with 15 provide a horseshoe which will betormed of elongated V-shaped callrs 18 at the rear ends coacting sections, one of which may be of which are shorter V-shaped calks'l9. As nailed to the horses hoot while the otherrot will be observed, the biting edges of said said sections will be detachably connected calks extend longitudinally of the section .to the first section so that, when worn out, and are curved to conform to the contour 2 the latter section may be detached and rethereof. Formed in the upper face of the newed. section immediately in advance of the calks And the invention has as a still further 17 are transversely disposed channels or object to provide a horseshoe wherein the recesses 20. detachable section of the 'shoeinay, it de- As will now be readily umlerstood. the 2 sired, be formed of rubber or otherwise section ll of the shoe maybe arranged upon cushioned to relieve pounding. the section l0 lying flat thercagainst. when 30 Other and incidental objects will appear the call: 13 of the section 10 will lit in the hereinafter. 1. f recess 16 oi the section 11, while the calks In the drawing: i l of the former section will fit in the re- 0 V Figure I is aiperspective view of my irnceases 20 ot the latter section. Formed in proved horseshoe, showing the sections the ends 01" the section 11 are openings 21 thereof detached; tor freely receivingcap screws 22 threaded Fig. is an enlarged bottom plan view of into the calks l4 o'l the section 10. while near the shoe; the ends of the call: 15 the section 11 is fur- 35 Fig. 3 is a sectional view on' the line 3-3 ther provided with similar openings 22 for of Fig. 2; freely receiving cap screws 23 threaded into Fig. 4- is a sectional view on the line 4-4- the toe portion of the section 10. Thus. the

of Fig. 2; and section 1] may be rigidly attached to the Fig. 5 is a sectional View On the l ne section 10 to receive the wear upon the shoe to of Fig. looking i he QClJ O the and when the section 11 is worn out, a new rows. section may. as will be perceived. be readily In carryin thejnvention into elfect. I substituted in lieu thereof. The section 10 employ companion shoe sections 10 and 11 is preferably of metal but the section ll may which are the counterpart of each other in be of metal or rubber or otherwise cushioned general contour. the section 10 providing a to relieve pounding. If so desired, the sectop section and the section 11 a bottom section 10 may be used without the section 11,

tion. The section 10 is provided with a when the calks 13 and 14 will serve. under plurality of openings 12 so that, as sugordinary circumstances, to prevent slipping. gested in Fig. 1, said section may be nailed Hmvever, when rough weather is encoun- 50 to a horses hoof in the usual manner, and tered, the section 11 may then be attached formed on the toe portion of the section is when the latter section will by being a transversely disposed calk13 preferably equipped with sharp calks, provide sure rectangular in cross-section. Formed on footing. I accordingly provide a horseshoe the section near its ends are oblong-trimsof particularly efiicient design and a shoe for detaching; the shoe "from," the horses. hoof 1 Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

' fiat oblong heel calks, the toe ca-lk extend ingtransvei'sely' of the toe portion of the" section and the heel calks extending from edge to edgeof the portions of the section, companion bottom shoe section fitting the top section and. provided at its lower side with e'V-shaped toe calk and with heel calks,

the toe portion of thebottoin section being r shaped calk with EL. recess snugly receiving the toe celkjofthe upper sectiongand the heel portionscf the lower "section being 7 formed at their upper sides with recesses A horseshoe including a top sectlon'pro-f v ded with squared oblong toe call: and

snugly receiving the heel calks of the upper .section,' screws disposed near theends of said V-shaped calk connecting the toe portions' of the sections, and screws extending through'the heel portions of the bottom sec tion :indftln-eaded into the heel celks of the top section connecting the heel portions of the sectionsl 7 V Intestnnonywhereof I afiix my signature.

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